The conventional wisdom holds that entrepreneurs should identify unsolved problems and create novel solutions. But that approach misses where the real leverage exists right now. Established industries ...

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MIT’s 16.85 capstone challenges students to design fault-tolerant autonomous drone systems capable of navigating uncertain ...

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) In today’s video, I have a brief rundown of my 10 favorite physics paradoxes and big problems. If you have trouble sleeping at night, this will give you something to think ...

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One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were carved by rivers, so it was once warm enough for liquid water. How—and ...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- PART I: Populations, Variability, and Scaling -- Ecological Scaling in Space and Time: A New Tool in Plain Sight? -- How Will Organisms Respond ...

When the greatest mathematician alive unveils a vision for the next century of research, the math world takes note. That’s exactly what happened in 1900 at the International Congress of Mathematicians ...

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Google DeepMind has used chatbot models to come up with solutions to major problems in mathematics and computer science. The system, called AlphaEvolve, combines the creativity of a large language ...

Every day, Canadians tune into Question Period expecting their elected officials to tackle the issues that actually matter, ...